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everybody, I like the occasional #humblebrag flex. In my heart of hearts, I know and see it for what it is. Ego. Masturbation. Nothing less, and nothing more. For good measure, I always make sure it’s tempered. The self-deprecation and self-loathing balance it out.My proudest accomplishment? Also my biggest failure.I didn’t succeed in attempting suicide during 2013. #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth starts tomorrow. September. Wake me up? I hope it never ever ends.I’m happy to be your poster boy, if it saves one life.You can, I hope will, read the rest of my story soon.Brown Grass, my memoir trilogy, three volumes on three decades of life, equal thirds soliloquy, saga, and self-help, has consumed the past thirty years.It is my life’s greatest work. It will be my legacy.It is a story of survival. Writing it saved my life.I hope, pray, and wish, it saves many more lives.There’s no call to action here. CTAs will come soon. For now, just know if you have the power to save a life, you should do everything you can to do so. Call, text, hug, kiss, play, laugh, smile, cry, listen, speak, dance.This gift we call the present, our lives, is a fragile thing. I should know. I lost my uncle on

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the first of this month. Cherish it with the love and sacred respect it deserves.Lastly, and this is the exceptional important part to me:If you or anybody you know ever feels crisis: please feel free to call/text/email/message me, 24/7/365. Here’s my contact information below:(917) 982–3849 (yes, that’s my real number) fzafar1@gmail (yes, that’s my personal email)[This isn’t new. I have put my info out there for the past 6+ years. This is not a hobby. It’s not a workshop or weekend seminar. It’s what I do. This is real life. It’s my life.]Alternatively, you can always reach out 24/7/365:1. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ‘1–800–273-TALK (8255)’AND/OR2. Crisis Text Line by texting “741741” via SMS/WhatsApp.Most immediate and obvious, for yourself and/or others:You can and should always, always, always first consider:

speaking directly to anybody you know and trust;
and in case of any/every emergency: dial 911/EMS.It gets better. Please believe me about this. I believe this. I know this. I promise you this. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you.#HowToSaveALife #ItsOkayToTalk #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention</article></body>

Hi, I’m Farooq. I’m a failure.

Who am I? Allow me to (re-)reintroduce myself:

- attended America’s #1 public high school - earned 3 degrees working 4 jobs in 5 years - recruited from a non-target state school into Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm - advised Fortune 500s (Ralph Lauren, Moody’s, Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia, Pfizer, etc.) as the youngest member of ACN’s then-new 2013 digital practice - serial entrepreneur, strategist, writer, speaker - founder of Brown Grass, Burger Heaven, EFZY, MEHRU, PERENNIAL MILLENNIAL, ROOQTube, Rooq’s Resume Review, SF Ali, TRILL MILL, etc. - proud uncle of the cutest nephews of all time mA

All of the above means everything and nothing to me. (Except my nephews. I love them more than life itself.)

I’m the textbook Type A, always have been and will be. The most ambitious, competitive, creative, confident, driven, eccentric, inquisitive, manic-depressive, massive- aggressive, masochistic, obsessive-compulsive, oddest, off-the-walls, paranoid, passionate, patient, perfectionist person you’ll ever meet. And if not, I haven’t peaked yet.

Like everybody, I like the occasional #humblebrag flex. In my heart of hearts, I know and see it for what it is. Ego. Masturbation. Nothing less, and nothing more. For good measure, I always make sure it’s tempered. The self-deprecation and self-loathing balance it out.

My proudest accomplishment? Also my biggest failure.

I didn’t succeed in attempting suicide during 2013. #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth starts tomorrow. September. Wake me up? I hope it never ever ends.

I’m happy to be your poster boy, if it saves one life.

You can, I hope will, read the rest of my story soon.

Brown Grass, my memoir trilogy, three volumes on three decades of life, equal thirds soliloquy, saga, and self-help, has consumed the past thirty years.

It is my life’s greatest work. It will be my legacy.

It is a story of survival. Writing it *saved* my life.

I hope, pray, and wish, it saves many more lives.

There’s no call to action here. CTAs will come soon. For now, just know if you have the power to save a life, you should do everything you can to do so. Call, text, hug, kiss, play, laugh, smile, cry, listen, speak, dance.

This gift we call the present, our lives, is a fragile thing. I should know. I lost my uncle on the first of this month. Cherish it with the love and sacred respect it deserves.

Lastly, and this is the exceptional important part to me:

If you or anybody you know ever feels crisis: please feel free to call/text/email/message me, 24/7/365. Here’s my contact information below:

(917) 982–3849 (yes, that’s my real number) fzafar1@gmail (yes, that’s my personal email)

[This isn’t new. I have put my info out there for the past 6+ years. This is not a hobby. It’s not a workshop or weekend seminar. It’s what I do. This is real life. It’s my life.]

Alternatively, you can always reach out 24/7/365:

1. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ‘1–800–273-TALK (8255)’

AND/OR

2. Crisis Text Line by texting “741741” via SMS/WhatsApp.

Most immediate and obvious, for yourself and/or others:

You can and should always, always, always first consider: 1. speaking directly to anybody you know and trust; 2. and in case of any/every emergency: dial 911/EMS.

It gets better. Please believe me about this. I believe this. I know this. I promise you this. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you.

#HowToSaveALife #ItsOkayToTalk #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention